# 2025 Vancouver Whitecaps FC season

The 2025 Vancouver Whitecaps FC season will be the club's fifteenth season in Major League Soccer, the top division of soccer in the United States and Canada. Including previous iterations of the franchise, this will be the 48th season of professional soccer being played in Vancouver under a variation of the "Whitecaps" name.
Having won the 2024 Canadian Championship, the Whitecaps will participate in the CONCACAF Champions Cup for a third consecutive season and fifth time overall. The Whitecaps will also participate in the 2025 Canadian Championship looking to win their fourth domestic cup championship in a row. On January 28, MLS announced that all teams will participate in at least one but no more than two Cup competitions. Due to their participation in the Canadian Championship and CONCACAF Champions Cup, the Whitecaps will not participate in the 2025 Leagues Cup.
On November 25, 2024, the Whitecaps parted ways with head coach Vanni Sartini. On January 14, 2025, the Whitecaps announced that they had hired Jesper Sørensen as their new head coach.

## Current roster

    As of March 14, 2025
| No. | Name | Position | Date of birth (age) | Previous club |
| Goalkeepers ||||||
| 1 | Yohei Takaoka | GK | (1996-03-16) March 16, 1996 (age 29) | Yokohama F. Marinos |
| 30 | Adrian Zendejas | GK | (1995-08-30) August 30, 1995 (age 29) | Skövde AIK |
| 32 | Isaac Boehmer | GK | (2001-11-20) November 20, 2001 (age 23) | Vancouver Whitecaps Development Squad |
| Defenders ||||||
| 2 | Mathías Laborda | DF | (1999-09-15) September 15, 1999 (age 25) | Nacional |
| 3 | Sam Adekugbe | DF | (1995-01-16) January 16, 1995 (age 30) | Hatayspor |
| 4 | Ranko Veselinović | DF | (1999-03-24) March 24, 1999 (age 25) | Vojvodina |
| 12 | Belal Halbouni | DF | (1999-12-29) December 29, 1999 (age 25) | FC Magdeburg |
| 15 | Bjørn Inge Utvik | DF | (1996-02-28) February 28, 1996 (age 29) | Sarpsborg |
| 18 | Édier Ocampo | DF | (2003-10-03) October 3, 2003 (age 21) | Atlético Nacional |
| 27 | Giuseppe Bovalina | DF | (2004-11-11) November 11, 2004 (age 20) | Adelaide United |
| 28 | Tate Johnson | DF | (2005-07-10) July 10, 2005 (age 19) | North Carolina Tar Heels |
| 33 | Tristan Blackmon | DF | (1996-08-12) August 12, 1996 (age 28) | Charlotte FC |
| Midfielders ||||||
| 13 | Ralph Priso | MF | (2002-08-02) August 2, 2002 (age 22) | Colorado Rapids |
| 16 | Sebastian Berhalter | MF | (2001-05-10) May 10, 2001 (age 23) | Columbus Crew |
| 20 | Andrés Cubas | MF | (1996-05-22) May 22, 1996 (age 28) | Nîmes |
| 22 | Ali Ahmed | MF | (2000-10-10) October 10, 2000 (age 24) | Whitecaps FC 2 |
| 25 | Ryan Gauld | MF | (1995-12-16) December 16, 1995 (age 29) | Farense |
| 26 | J.C. Ngando | MF | (1999-11-20) November 20, 1999 (age 25) | UNC Greensboro Spartans |
| 45 | Pedro Vite | MF | (2002-03-09) March 9, 2002 (age 23) | Independiente del Valle |
| 59 | Jeevan Badwal | MF | (2006-03-11) March 11, 2006 (age 19) | Whitecaps FC 2 |
| Forwards ||||||
| 7 | Jayden Nelson | FW | (2002-09-26) September 26, 2002 (age 22) | Rosenborg |
| 11 | Emmanuel Sabbi | FW | (1997-12-24) December 24, 1997 (age 27) | Le Havre |
| 14 | Daniel Ríos | FW | (1995-02-22) February 22, 1995 (age 30) | C.D. Guadalajara |
| 19 | Damir Kreilach | FW | (1989-04-16) April 16, 1989 (age 35) | Real Salt Lake |
| 24 | Brian White | FW | (1996-02-03) February 3, 1996 (age 29) | New York Red Bulls |
| 52 | Nicolas Fleuriau Chateau | FW | (2002-05-21) May 21, 2002 (age 22) | Whitecaps FC 2 |
| Out on Loan ||||||
| 50 | Max Anchor | GK | (2004-07-21) July 21, 2004 (age 20) | Whitecaps FC 2 |

## Transfers
### In
#### Transferred in

| # | Position | Player | Transferred from | Fee/notes | Date |
| 28 | DF | Tate Johnson | North Carolina Tar Heels | 2025 MLS SuperDraft/Generation Adidas | December 20, 2024 |
| 7 | FW | Jayden Nelson | Rosenborg | Undisclosed | January 24, 2025 |
| 11 | FW | Emmanuel Sabbi | Le Havre | Undisclosed | February 11, 2025 |
| 30 | GK | Adrian Zendejas | Skövde AIK | Free | February 14, 2025 |

#### Loans in

| # | Position | Player | Loaned from | Date | Loan expires | Notes | Source |
| 14 | FW | Daniel Ríos | C.D. Guadalajara | February 17, 2025 | December 31, 2025 | | |

### Out
#### Transferred out

| # | Position | Player | Transferred to | Fee/notes | Date |
| 7 | DF | Ryan Raposo | Liaoning Tieren | Out of contract | November 27, 2024 |
| 8 | MF | Alessandro Schöpf | Wolfsberger AC | Option declined | November 27, 2024 |
| 11 | FW | Fafà Picault | Inter Miami CF | Option declined | November 27, 2024 |
| 17 | GK | Joe Bendik | Retired | Option declined | November 27, 2024 |
| 28 | FW | Levonte Johnson | Colorado Springs Switchbacks | Option declined | November 27, 2024 |
| 23 | FW | Déiber Caicedo | Atlético Junior | Undisclosed | January 12, 2025 |
| 17 | MF | Stuart Armstrong | Sheffield Wednesday | Undisclosed | January 31, 2025 |

#### Loans out

| # | Position | Player | Loaned to | Date | Loan expires | Source |
| 50 | GK | Max Anchor | Pacific FC | March 14, 2025 | December 31, 2025 | |

### MLS SuperDraft picks

| Round | No. | Pos. | Player | College/Club team | Transaction | Source |
| 1 (15) | | DF | Tate Johnson | North Carolina | Signed to a Generation Adidas contract | |
| 2 (45) | | DF | Nikola Djordjevic | Southern Methodist | Signed with Whitecaps FC 2 | |

## Preseason and Friendlies

Whitecaps FC confirmed their preseason schedule on January 15, 2025.

## Competition overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Major League Soccer | February 23 | TBD | Matchday 1 | TBD | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 100.00 |
| Canadian Championship | TBA | TBD | Quarter-finals | TBD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | !— |
| CONCACAF Champions Cup | February 20 | TBD | Round One | TBD | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 025.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 8 | +7 | 062.50 |
Last updated: March 12, 2025 Source: Competitions

## Major League Soccer
### Regular season
#### League tables
##### Western Conference

MLS Western Conference table (2025) :
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 12 | Qualification for round one and the CONCACAF Champions Cup round one |
| 2 | San Diego FC | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 8 | Qualification for round one |
| 3 | St. Louis City SC | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 8 | Qualification for round one |
| 4 | Colorado Rapids | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 8 | Qualification for round one |
| 5 | Minnesota United FC | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 7 | Qualification for round one |

##### Overall

Overall MLS standings table :
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 12 |
| 2 | Philadelphia Union | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 9 |
| 3 | San Diego FC | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 8 |
| 4 | St. Louis City SC | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 8 |
| 5 | Columbus Crew | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 8 |

#### Results

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| Pld | Pts | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD |
| 4 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 |
Last updated: March 15, 2025 Source: Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won; T = Matches tied; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference
| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| Ground | A | H | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | W | W | |
| Position (West) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |

#### Matches
## Canadian Championship

As champions of the 2024 tournament, the Whitecaps will receive a bye into the quarter-finals.

### Quarterfinals
## Leagues Cup

While Vancouver Whitecaps FC qualified for the 2025 Leagues Cup as one of the top 9 teams in the Western Conference for the 2024 season, they were already capped on their two continental competitions they could participate in (2025 Canadian Championship and 2025 CONCACAF Champions Cup) and instead gave their spot to expansion team San Diego FC.

## Cascadia Cup

2025 Cascadia Cup standings :
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 3 |
| 2 | Seattle Sounders FC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Portland Timbers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 0 |
| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| Pld | Pts | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD |
| 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 |
Last updated: February 23, 2025 Source: Standings Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won; T = Matches tied; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference

## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

    As of March 15, 2025
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | MLS | MLS | Canadian Championship | Canadian Championship | Champions Cup | Champions Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | JPN | Yohei Takaoka | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | USA | Adrian Zendejas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | GK | CAN | Isaac Boehmer | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | URU | Mathías Laborda | 8 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | CAN | Sam Adekugbe | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | SRB | Ranko Veselinović | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | SYR | Belal Halbouni | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 15 | DF | NOR | Bjørn Inge Utvik | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | COL | Édier Ocampo | 6 | 1 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 |
| 27 | DF | AUS | Giuseppe Bovalina | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | USA | Tate Johnson | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | USA | Tristan Blackmon | 7 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 13 | MF | CAN | Ralph Priso | 7 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | USA | Sebastian Berhalter | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | PAR | Andrés Cubas | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | CAN | Ali Ahmed | 8 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | SCO | Ryan Gauld | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 |
| 26 | MF | CMR | J.C. Ngando | 7 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 45 | MF | ECU | Pedro Vite | 8 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 59 | MF | CAN | Jeevan Badwal | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 7 | FW | CAN | Jayden Nelson | 6 | 1 | 2+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | USA | Emmanuel Sabbi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | MEX | Daniel Ríos | 5 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | CRO | Damir Kreilach | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | USA | Brian White | 8 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2+2 | 3 |
| 52 | FW | CAN | Nicolas Fleuriau Chateau | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||
| 50 | GK | CAN | Max Anchor | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Source: Competitions

### Goalscorers

    As of March 15, 2025
| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | MLS | Canadian Championship | Champions Cup | Total |
| 1 | 24 | FW | | Brian White | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 2 | 3 | DF | | Sam Adekugbe | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 25 | MF | | Ryan Gauld | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | 2 | DF | | Mathías Laborda | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 7 | FW | | Jayden Nelson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 12 | DF | | Belal Halbouni | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | 18 | DF | | Édier Ocampo | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | 28 | DF | | Tate Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 33 | DF | | Tristan Blackmon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 45 | MF | | Pedro Vite | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 9 | 0 | 6 | 15 |

### Clean sheets

    As of March 15, 2025
| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | MLS | Canadian Championship | Champions Cup | Total |
| 1 | 1 | GK | | Yohei Takaoka | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |

### Disciplinary record

    As of March 15, 2025
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | MLS | MLS | MLS | Canadian Championship | Canadian Championship | Canadian Championship | Champions Cup | Champions Cup | Champions Cup | Total | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | | Yohei Takaoka | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | | Mathías Laborda | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | | Sam Adekugbe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | | Ranko Veselinović | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | | Jayden Nelson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | | Emmanuel Sabbi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | | Belal Halbouni | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | | Ralph Priso | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | | Daniel Ríos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | | Bjørn Inge Utvik | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | | Sebastian Berhalter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | | Édier Ocampo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | | Damir Kreilach | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | | Andrés Cubas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | | Ali Ahmed | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | | Brian White | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | | Ryan Gauld | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | | J.C. Ngando | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | | Giuseppe Bovalina | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | | Tate Johnson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | | Adrian Zendejas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | GK | | Isaac Boehmer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | | Tristan Blackmon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | MF | | Pedro Vite | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 50 | GK | | Max Anchor | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 52 | FW | | Nicolas Fleuriau Chateau | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 59 | MF | | Jeevan Badwal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 |